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Top US official: Climate bill urgently needed
breitbart ^ | 9/10/09 | DINA CAPPIELLO

Posted on 09/10/2009 11:53:14 AM PDT by Nachum

WASHINGTON (AP) - With negotiations on a new international climate treaty proving difficult, the Obama administration's chief climate negotiator on Thursday called on the Senate to act as soon as possible and pass legislation to control the gases blamed for global warming.

Todd Stern, the State Department's special envoy for climate change, told a House panel that it was critical for the Senate to pass legislation to give the U.S. the "credibility and leverage" that it needs to convince other countries to reduce their pollution.

While Stern cited progress, he said there's still a divide between developing countries worried that emissions limits will hinder economic growth, and developed countries, which know that global warming cannot be slowed without the participation of fast-growing economies like China and India.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climate; climatechange; globalwarming; official; top; us

1 posted on 09/10/2009 11:53:14 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: steelyourfaith

PING.


2 posted on 09/10/2009 11:54:28 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Nachum

idiot, there is no global warming....


3 posted on 09/10/2009 11:54:30 AM PDT by tatsinfla
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To: Nachum

..another Czar speaks?


4 posted on 09/10/2009 11:54:33 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Nachum

czarism


5 posted on 09/10/2009 11:54:42 AM PDT by boomop1
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To: Nachum
He needs this
6 posted on 09/10/2009 11:56:20 AM PDT by bankwalker (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.)
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To: Nachum
I just had Indian food for lunch.
I'll be producing some of those harmful gasses shortly.
7 posted on 09/10/2009 11:57:13 AM PDT by jrg
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To: Nachum

FTUN


8 posted on 09/10/2009 11:57:31 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: Nachum

These are the types of guys that say we need to get rid of our military and weapons so we can tell others too.

Our government is full of idiots.


9 posted on 09/10/2009 11:57:40 AM PDT by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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To: Nachum

Actually, he’s right that the .gov DOES need a “climate bill”, he’s just lying about the reason WHY they need it.

They need it for the virtually unlimited and, for the consumer unavoidable, revenue stream it will produce.

Starve the beast, or it will eat us alive.


10 posted on 09/10/2009 11:57:54 AM PDT by Zeddicus
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To: Nachum
URGENTLY NEEDED!!! A GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE!!!

CZARS AND TYRANTS NEED NOT APPLY, THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY INFILTRATED SAID GOVERNMENT WILL BE DEALT WITH ACCORDINGLY!!

11 posted on 09/10/2009 11:58:11 AM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: jrg

Whoa. And some broccoli too.


12 posted on 09/10/2009 11:58:36 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

“Top US Official”

Translated: Someone with absolutely no credentials in science - or for that matter, with no ability to get credentials in science - has given us opinions on a subject that appears to be right up there with UFO research.


13 posted on 09/10/2009 11:58:37 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Nachum

>>>> it was critical for the Senate to pass legislation ... that it needs to convince other countries to reduce their pollution. <<<<<

“We’ll kill out economy first, if you pretty please promise to kill yours next.”

I think India and China have both adamantly and repeatedly stated that they’re not playing.


14 posted on 09/10/2009 11:58:48 AM PDT by angkor (The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
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To: Nachum

In politics, “urgency” is code for passing bad policy before it is exposed. With the present lying trash inhabiting the halls of power in Washington, everything is urgent. It is urgent to pass horrible legislation before too many people figure out what kind of lie the goons are pushing onto them. It’s all about destroying America before the stupid masses realize what is happening.


15 posted on 09/10/2009 11:59:55 AM PDT by pallis
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping


16 posted on 09/10/2009 12:00:10 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: jrg

On a peripherally related subject, I’ve always found it interesting that the “experts” refer to them as “greenhouse” gases.

I’ve been in a LOT of greenhouses and none of them smelled like THAT!

;^)


17 posted on 09/10/2009 12:00:11 PM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: Nachum

This Chicken Little stuff is really getting old.


18 posted on 09/10/2009 12:00:53 PM PDT by black_diamond
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To: Nachum

Easy does it Stern, or we’ll sic Glenn on you!


19 posted on 09/10/2009 12:01:21 PM PDT by secret garden (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
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To: Nachum

As urgently as the ‘stimulus’ bill (which is 90% unspent) ??


20 posted on 09/10/2009 12:01:48 PM PDT by Mr. K (THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!!!)
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To: Nachum

He must be on the toilet and out of TP and figured “Oh well, the climate bill will work, as long as the paper is soft.”


21 posted on 09/10/2009 12:01:56 PM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: Nachum

They need to pass lots of bills quickly because they will be voted out of office in 2010.

2010 can’t come soon enough!!!!


22 posted on 09/10/2009 12:02:04 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: Nachum

These morons are determined to walk us off a cliff.


23 posted on 09/10/2009 12:02:15 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Nachum
Earth has been cooling for the last ten years. Our efforts to stop Global Warming have been effective!

Time to level off these heroic efforts or we may get too much global cooling.

24 posted on 09/10/2009 12:03:35 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Nachum

A climate bill: more job-killing restrictions and regulations, and lots more money to spend on junk science.


25 posted on 09/10/2009 12:03:50 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Nachum
The only reason it's urgent, is they want to push through a bill before enough of the public come to realize what a sham it is. Kind of like the stimulus package.

Oh, and did anyone make the parallel between Van Jones' excuse for signing the truther petition - that he didn't realize what he was signing? Is that what's happening with all these bills that "must be passed now"?

I'm still waiting for hearings discussing the science relating to the cause before we address actions to correct that will have little to no impact.

Does anyone care to guess what the mighty 0's next three years will be like? Should we have a competition on the predictions we can come up with? What bills will he try to push?

26 posted on 09/10/2009 12:03:56 PM PDT by Real Cynic No More (The only thing standing between us and complete victory over the evildoers is POLITICS!)
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To: Nachum

I don’t like their forecasts, this guy has a better handle on the near future, I think:

http://www.accuweather.com/video-on-demand.asp?video=37129475001&channel=VBLOG_BASTARDI&title=Debunking%20Global%20Warming%20%20in%20California’s%20Wildfires


27 posted on 09/10/2009 12:04:55 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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To: Nachum

Suddenly everything is urgently needed. No time to even read a bill. What we urgently need is to purge congress and the exective branch of loons, radicals and nut cases.


28 posted on 09/10/2009 12:05:38 PM PDT by True Grit
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To: Nachum
...and developed countries, which know that global warming cannot be slowed without the participation of fast-growing economies like China and India.

Why do we keep putting illiterates on these negotiating teams. This guy obviously can't read words. We now know he can't read a thermometer.

"Nothing the United States can do is more important for the international negotiation process than passing robust, comprehensive clean energy legislation as soon as possible," Stern said.

Morons like Obama and the people who work for him think if they can use 'robust' in a sentence, people will think they're smart. Wow.

29 posted on 09/10/2009 12:07:12 PM PDT by stevem
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To: jrg

LOL! You certainly will! ;-)


30 posted on 09/10/2009 12:07:32 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell)
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To: Nachum

Is 0bama Podesta’s front man?


31 posted on 09/10/2009 12:07:54 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Nachum

I’d like to see how air conditioner sales were this summer.

I know I only had to use mine a few times.
I had a space heater going under my desk this morning.


32 posted on 09/10/2009 12:08:13 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: Nachum

Gotta rush this through... rush, rush, rush.... pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, or what the other hand is doing..... rush, rush, rush... the sky is falling, we’re all gonna die!!


33 posted on 09/10/2009 12:10:49 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Nachum

Quick! Before there is a chance for it to snow in October in DC!


34 posted on 09/10/2009 12:14:30 PM PDT by Voter62vb
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To: Nachum; OKSooner; honolulugal; Killing Time; Beowulf; Mr. Peabody; RW_Whacko; SideoutFred; ...

Carbon Cap Tax & Scam Ping ~ (POGW)



35 posted on 09/10/2009 12:17:11 PM PDT by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: Nachum

(US rejected Kyoto because) “it exempted countries like India and China ...”

The deal’s still on the table: they cork-up their Brahma cows and water buffalo and we’ll eat more beef.


36 posted on 09/10/2009 12:17:17 PM PDT by tumblindice (The Blue Fairy, Tinkerbell and Lynseed Graham, in the Octagon!)
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To: Nachum

I would prefer a law against gravity.
Seems like I just keep getting heavier.


37 posted on 09/10/2009 12:39:07 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: Nachum

All the climate loonies are running wild behind the head lunatic.


38 posted on 09/10/2009 1:10:27 PM PDT by hgro (Jerry Riversd)
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To: angkor

They should be hanging from gallows on the front lawn.

Treasonous, globalist b*stards who want to play god.


39 posted on 09/10/2009 1:16:47 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ez 38 Pray.)
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To: Mr. K

And 5% of that probably went to ACORN and the other commie front groups.


40 posted on 09/10/2009 1:19:06 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ez 38 Pray.)
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To: xcamel

x, he’s really gonna screw us at the UN.


41 posted on 09/10/2009 1:21:58 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ez 38 Pray.)
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To: Nachum

Todd Stern - just another Communist who longs to see millions more Americans lose their jobs and become impoverished and to see our nation move into an energy wasteland where we have rolling blackouts as in third world nation status.

Todd - Obama/Clinton/Gore flunkie - the only thing that is urgent is that YOU and your SPONSORS lose power asap.


42 posted on 09/10/2009 8:28:16 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt (Obama's Deathcare ---- many will suffer and/or die unnecessarily.)
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To: Army Air Corps; Defendingliberty; Genesis defender; WL-law; Normandy; TenthAmendmentChampion; ...
Thanx !

 



Beam Me to Planet Gore !

43 posted on 09/10/2009 9:41:16 PM PDT by steelyourfaith ("Power is not alluring to pure minds." - Thomas Jefferson)
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